“No Noise in the Library!”

[wealthykaye]

Today felt extra special for me. Christian (my 2yr old) and I were hanging out by my mother's house and after a long game of bouncing on imaginary trampolines and climbing imaginary stairs, (to my relief) we took a walk to the imaginary library.

Now, this imaginary library is a spot that we visit quite regularly. What was different  today, was we spent about 45 minutes there. This came as quite a surprise to me since we have never really stayed in this library for more than 15 minutes, being the quiet place that it is.

Needless to say,   we went about it as we normally would. He mouthed that we were in the library, declaring, "We have to be very quiet, ok, Mommy? We cannot be loud".  He proceeded to ask me which book I wanted to choose and after he denied my first two options, he conceded to my final request.

This book, "HOME", is a collection of poems and short stories that he has apparently come to love. I was directed to read the first story in a whisper. At first, my whisper was too loud and I was warned that I had to lower my voice before I was sent out of the library. I, finally, "caught" the right pitch and we moved through at least four poems and two more books,  completely, forgetting that I was in a fake library! The whole experience had become too eerily real for me and I decided to become the defiant, loud kid in the building that day.   I started making unexpected slips into a loud voice which my child thought was hilarious and he kept warning me that if I am not careful, I would not be invited back to the library. I was laughing so hard at his stern reprimands that he finally submitted to the hilarity of the situation and became a defiant loud kid himself until we both got thrown out of the library!

Ah well, I am sure there are more libraries in this town!

P.S.  What kinds of imaginary play are you and your young one (s) enjoying?

 

[yummymissy]

Nov. 17, 2009 at 4:26 PM

Grocery Shopping! My daughter who is six and my son who is 2 both love pretending they are in a market shopping for groceries. They even have fake food and shopping cart. Pretend play is very beneficial and you can use this time to teach them how to act in a real grocery store or library. Great post!

[soasfaa]

Jan. 11, 2010 at 1:37 AM

This blog has brought me back to the days with my little one.  Our pretend time occurred at nap time.  We would pretend that she was a princess and we were both going to the land of sleeping. I started to play this game with her around the age of 18 months.  It is still a fond memory for me which I will soon share with my little boy.  

Thanks for sharing.  Psst....I will visit your library soon...haha!!